akula:I wonder how far in there he was sticking his hands. You'd have to really be reaching to get your fingers crunched. This didn't happen by accident- he was deliberately sticking his hand in there.

He had to have been reaching under the boat. It doesn't seem like it would pinch you unless you had your hand underwater.

akula:I wonder how far in there he was sticking his hands. You'd have to really be reaching to get your fingers crunched. This didn't happen by accident- he was deliberately sticking his hand in there.

That's what I want to know too. I was just on the damn thing and you'd have to practically crawl under the boat to find a pinch spot. How'd he do that???

dolphinsgonwild:As I recall, I would willingly loose a few fingers to get out of the "it's a small world" ride.

I always wondered why they housed all those prisoners at Gitmo when if you wanted to extract info from them all ya would have to do is strap em into that ride and run em through till they gave up what ya wanted to know

optikeye:Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger confirmed the accident and said the ride was briefly closed and has since been reopened.

Why couldn't her name be Anita.

You mean to tell me there was no one else in the entire Disney organization who could have relayed this message to the press besides Andrea Finger?? They did this on purpose and are laughing hysterically somewhere.

HEADLINE CRITIQUE: It's clear that this headline was constructed to derive humor from the unexpected. When most people read about someone leaving a tip, we assume that it will be some sort of extra cash payment to express appreciation and gratitude for good service. However, this headline pulls a "switcheroo" - the tip isn't actually an extra payment, but rather, the tips of some fingers. HA HA HA! Deriving humor from the unexpected...one of the most effective ways of eliciting a laugh from the reader.

Here's the problem with the wording of the headline, though. The subject is "tourist". Singular. However in the headline, "tips" is plural. Hmmm...when a single person is finished at a single location, they will usually leave a tip, singular. Even when the tip is split up between say a waiter and a busboy, the patron doesn't control that, so the tip is still usually referred to in the singular. By using the phrase "leaves a few tips" (plural), the astute reader can sense that something isn't quite right. While I wouldn't go so far as to say that the phrasing ruined the humorous effect of the headline, I will say that it took away at least some of the surprise, lessening the impact of the unexpected.

I'm not one to criticize anything without offering up a solution, so this is what I've done. I have assigned a team of my best comedy writers to work on putting together a new headline that would have the highest degree of humor that can be extracted from this news article. Here is the headline they developed: Pricipal . Caught sayof school that has stoped Handstandsing " See, told ya so" Is He dead or not. CNN Says yes. St. Pete Times Looking for chads -OR- "hello, I am write single to salute and wait for answer again"

insano:optikeye: Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger confirmed the accident and said the ride was briefly closed and has since been reopened.

Why couldn't her name be Anita.

You mean to tell me there was no one else in the entire Disney organization who could have relayed this message to the press besides Andrea Finger?? They did this on purpose and are laughing hysterically somewhere.

Disney does indeed warn all riders to keep hand and other extremities inside the boat. However, we all know people are f*ing stupid. Case in point: I was riding Pirates in Disneyland last year and there was a family sittin in front of us with a 18-month old tbat they were letting crawl around on the bench seat. We're getting close to the initial drop and they're still letting the baby crawl around. I ask them if they know that there are drops in the ride and they said yes, grabbing and securing the baby when we're stopped and ready to drop. So...yeah. Dumbasses everywhere...

insano:optikeye: Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger confirmed the accident and said the ride was briefly closed and has since been reopened.

Why couldn't her name be Anita.

You mean to tell me there was no one else in the entire Disney organization who could have relayed this message to the press besides Andrea Finger?? They did this on purpose and are laughing hysterically somewhere.

Yep, and you could just imagine the same senior management PR pranskters giving Finger the gig. And she'd be all "aww fellas, no farking way, can't Smyth do this one....?" and they'd be all "nope, sorry, Finger...."

Just two days ago I rode the Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, and for the past two nights I have been falling asleep with a "falling" feeling going on in my head. It feels like how people describe vertigo - as soon as I close my eyes, I feel like I'm on that first drop and I'm just falling at insane speeds, like I'm experiencing a red-out. It is kinda cool, but kinda annoying and disorienting.

missmez:Duh. "Keep your arms and hands inside of the boat at all times." They only repeat it fifty billion times a minute there.

The exact wording of the safety message was not immediately available but Finger said guests are warned to keep hands and feet inside the ride.

First, your return to Motel 6 was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement so I must do nothing. And secondly, you must be a pirate for the safety message to apply and you're not. And thirdly, the safety message is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome aboard.

Atomic Spunk:HEADLINE CRITIQUE: It's clear that this headline was constructed to derive humor from the unexpected. When most people read about someone leaving a tip, we assume that it will be some sort of extra cash payment to express appreciation and gratitude for good service. However, this headline pulls a "switcheroo" - the tip isn't actually an extra payment, but rather, the tips of some fingers. HA HA HA! Deriving humor from the unexpected...one of the most effective ways of eliciting a laugh from the reader.

Here's the problem with the wording of the headline, though. The subject is "tourist". Singular. However in the headline, "tips" is plural. Hmmm...when a single person is finished at a single location, they will usually leave a tip, singular. Even when the tip is split up between say a waiter and a busboy, the patron doesn't control that, so the tip is still usually referred to in the singular. By using the phrase "leaves a few tips" (plural), the astute reader can sense that something isn't quite right. While I wouldn't go so far as to say that the phrasing ruined the humorous effect of the headline, I will say that it took away at least some of the surprise, lessening the impact of the unexpected.

I'm not one to criticize anything without offering up a solution, so this is what I've done. I have assigned a team of my best comedy writers to work on putting together a new headline that would have the highest degree of humor that can be extracted from this news article. Here is the headline they developed: Pricipal . Caught sayof school that has stoped Handstandsing " See, told ya so" Is He dead or not. CNN Says yes. St. Pete Times Looking for chads -OR- "hello, I am write single to salute and wait for answer again"